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Issue Details

Issue #62
Published August 1978
Cover Price 0.35
Pages 36
Editing Bob Hall

Cover Details - "You Too Can Be A Defender For a Day!"

Characters Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]); Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Iron Fist [Daniel Rand]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Hercules; Dollar Bill
Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita Jr (signed)
Inks Bob Layton (signed)
Colors ? [credited to Carl Gafford, see notes]
Letters Rick Parker (?)
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4

17 page The Defenders story "Membership Madness!"

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Iron Fist [Daniel Rand]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Hercules; Nova [Richard Rider]; Marvel Man; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Prowler [Hobie Brown]; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Paladin; Captain Ultra [Griffin Gogol]; Black Goliath [William Foster]; Tagak; Havok [Alex Summers]; White Tiger [Hector Ayala]; Aragorn; Dollar Bill; The Presence [Sergei]; Lunatik (Cameo; Flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (Flashback; Cameo)
Synopsis After Dollar Bill reveals the existance of the Defenders to the world, many super-heroes arrive to try to join the Defenders.
Genre superhero
Script David Kraft
Pencils Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Inks Jim Mooney
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters John Costanza
Notes Dollar Bill's Documentary Disaster Part 1. Star Wars reference
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4